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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *frūgməntom, equivalent to fruor (“I use, enjoy”) + -mentum (instrumental suffix); ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-mn̥-to-m.
Pronunciation
Noun
frūmentum n (genitive frūmentī); second declension
- corn (British usage), grain
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 29.4:
- Mūnīre urbem, frūmentum convehere, tela arma parāre.
- To strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of grain, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
References
- “frumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “frumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- frumentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- frumentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the corn is not yet ripe: frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
- to provide corn-supplies for the troops: frumentum providere exercitui
- to procure a very large supply of corn: frumenti vim maximam comparare